1. ACT ® MATH PREPARATION AND TIPS

2. GOAL SETTING  What is the “required” score for admission to your 1 st choice school?  Are you applying for scholarships with ACT score requirements?  In addition to a composite score goal, set a goal for each test and sub-score.  Set the bar high, but make it reachable!

3. AVERAGE ACT SCORES FOR:  Air Force 29  Colorado College 28  School of Mines 27  Fort Lewis 19  Metro State 18  Regis 21  UC Boulder 23  University of Denver 25  UNC 20  Western State 19  CSU 22

4. TEST DATES  1 st : April/June of Junior Year  2 nd : September/October of Senior Year  3 rd : December/February of Senior Year

5. TEST PREPARATION  #14+ Years of Math, Science, English  #2ACT Preparation Course  #3 Practice Workbook/On-line Resources  Ideal Preparation Plan:  10% Understanding Test  80% Reviewing Skills  10% Test-taking Strategies

6. PREPARATION RESOURCES  Online/Self-Paced Courses:  ACT Online Prep ($19.95 for 1 year)  SD MyLife and My Student Edge (FREE)  Practice Tests  DSTEP, ASVAB, PSAT, SD Test-Outs  Preparing for the ACT (Archived editions online)  Practice Books  The Real ACT Prep Guide ($30.95)  Classroom Review Courses  Sylvan Learning Center  Keene Academy

7. WHAT TO BRING  Pencils  Calculator  Identification and Registration

8. GENERAL TEST-TAKING TIPS  Pace Yourself (Announcements only made when 5 minutes/1 minute remain)  Read directions before test date  Read questions carefully (annotate)  Answer easy questions first  Answer EVERY question (no penalty for guessing)  Be precise in marking answer and don’t make notes on answer sheet  Don’t panic! Work the entire time.

9. MATH TEST PREP 60 QUESTIONS/60 MINUTES (1 question per minute)  Pre-Algebra/Elementary Algebra 24 Questions  Intermediate Algebra/Coordinate Geometry 18 Questions  Plane Geometry/Trigonometry 18 Questions

10. MATH TIPS  Draw a picture if one is not provided. Figures given are not drawn to scale, so mark them with given measures or symbols.  Know the following translations: of means multiply and per means divide.  Know the area and perimeter formulas for triangles, rectangles, and circles, and how to find the volume and surface area of a box.  If a problem is given in terms of fractions, decimals, or percents, consider using an alternate form to find the answer.

11. MATH TIPS  If the question and/or answer set are given in terms of variables only, substitute simple numbers to help determine the answer.  Most answers are listed from least to greatest, so you can use a technique called backsolving to find the correct answer.  Do not overuse your calculator! The test is written so that every problem can be solved without a calculator. Set up the problem in your test booklet first and take a moment to consider what a reasonable answer would be before using the calculator.

12. PRE-ALGEBRA TOPICS  Fractions, percentages  Probability  Factors, primes  Divisibility  Absolute value  Exponents and roots

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17. QUESTION 5

18. ALGEBRA TOPICS  Substitution  Solving equations  Inequalities  Simplifying expressions  FOIL

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22. INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA  Solving and factoring quadratics  Systems of equations  Functions  Matrices  Logarithms

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27. QUESTION 5

28. COORDINATE GEOMETRY  Coordinate plane  Distance  Slope  Parallel and perpendicular lines  Equation of a line  Graphing a line

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35. PLANE GEOMETRY  Angles and lines  Circles  Triangles  Polygons

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41. TRIGONOMETRY  SOHCAHTOA  Solving triangles  Trig identities

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43. QUESTION 2